Posted on 08/04/2020 5:14:21 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
PM, defense and foreign ministers reach out to hostile neighbor through UN and international mediators after massive blast at port; president, opposition leader send condolences
Israel on Tuesday night offered humanitarian aid to Lebanon, after explosions at a Beirut port killed dozens and injured thousands, in a rare show of support for the enemy country.
“Israel approached Lebanon through international defense and diplomatic channels to offer the Lebanese government medical humanitarian aid,” Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said in a joint statement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he instructed his National Security Adviser, Meir Ben Shabbat, to discuss with UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov how Israel can assist Lebanon.
Mladenov confirmed Israel’s offer to work through the UN in a tweet, saying that “The region and the world must come together to help the people of Lebanon through this time of anguish.”
President Reuven Rivlin, in tweets in English, Arabic and Hebrew, added: “We share the pain of the Lebanese people and sincerely reach out to offer our aid at this difficult time.”
Knesset opposition leader Yair Lapid also sent his condolences to the families of the victims.
“This is the time to transcend conflict,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a tweet regarding Israel’s aid offer.
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Read Carlos Osweda’s Twitter feed if you want to know what happened and why.
Which makes the good deeds all the more valuable...
Thanks, I will.
Logical analysis. Nothing said I disagree with.
I had previously noted the weapons (missiles) going off in the first stage, had already noted the shield effect of the silos. Had not noted the dock missing on the seaward side.
Delivery? Big question.
Thanks for hat tip.
Probably. But yet one more stupid thing the Hezbollah does.
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